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| Table 27. | Governmental expenditures, by level of government and function: Selected years, 1970-71 through 2002-03 |
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| All governments\1\ (federal, state, and local)| State and local governments\2\
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Expenditure, by function | 1970-71| 1980-81| 1990-91| 1994-95| 1970-71| 1980-81| 1990-91| 1994-95| 1996-97| 1997-98| 1998-99| 1999-2000| 2000-01| 2001-02| 2002-03
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| In millions
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General expenditures ...............| $301,096| $827,877| $1,804,005| $2,059,334|$150,674|$407,449|$908,108|$1,146,188|$1,247,436|$1,314,496|$1,398,533|$1,502,768| $1,621,314| $1,730,389|$1,817,147
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Selected federal programs ...............| 92,927| 200,553| 422,728| 390,029| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | †
National defense and international | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
relations ..........................| 80,910| 174,564| 366,112| 327,231| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | †
Postal service ........................| 8,683| 20,466| 43,102| 49,482| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | †
Space research and technology .........| 3,334| 5,523| 13,514| 13,316| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | †
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Education and libraries .................| 64,042| 158,012| 334,333| 410,827| 60,174| 147,649| 313,744| 383,557| 425,346| 456,934| 490,100| 528,767| 571,374| 602,848| 630,246
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Social services and income maintenance ..| 37,312| 127,096| 297,854| 414,169| 30,376| 92,555| 214,919| 303,208| 314,558| 323,085| 338,964| 365,226| 396,086| 431,421| 467,625
Public welfare ........................| 20,446| 74,643| 167,681| 250,356| 18,226| 54,121| 130,402| 193,110| 199,973| 204,640| 215,190| 233,350| 257,380| 279,598| 306,463
Hospitals and health ..................| 14,835| 47,378| 102,817| 132,463| 11,205| 36,101| 81,110| 105,946| 110,332| 114,024| 119,361| 127,342| 134,010| 146,380| 154,878
Social insurance administration .......| 2,031| 5,075| 27,356| 31,350| 945| 2,333| 3,407| 4,152| 4,252| 4,422| 4,414| 4,534| 4,695| 5,443| 6,284
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Transportation ..........................| 23,722| 46,578| 84,048| 99,064| 19,819| 39,231| 75,410| 88,938| 96,165| 101,826| 110,163| 118,974| 130,422| 136,996| 142,255
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Public safety ...........................| 7,685| 24,657| 82,035| 104,549| 9,416| 28,676| 73,924| 93,921| 106,972| 113,223| 120,227| 128,705| 136,924| 145,157| 150,687
Police and fire protection ............| 5,706| 16,851| 52,738| 65,627| 7,531| 21,283| 46,568| 58,064| 67,026| 70,744| 74,629| 79,900| 84,554| 90,470| 95,215
Correction ............................| 1,979| 7,806| 29,297| 38,922| 1,885| 7,393| 27,356| 35,857| 39,946| 42,479| 45,598| 48,805| 52,370| 54,687| 55,471
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Environment and housing .................| 22,294| 72,391| 139,027| 150,426| 11,832| 35,223| 76,167| 93,221| 102,112| 106,319| 109,930| 117,123| 124,203| 133,992| 141,571
Natural resources, parks, recreation ..| 13,740| 43,599| 74,667| 75,133| 5,191| 13,239| 28,505| 33,140| 37,333| 39,857| 41,649| 45,272| 50,082| 52,096| 54,573
Housing and community development .....| 4,467| 13,894| 33,346| 36,721| 2,554| 7,086| 16,648| 21,509| 23,230| 24,697| 25,234| 26,590| 27,402| 31,610| 35,275
Sewerage and sanitation ...............| 4,087| 14,898| 31,014| 38,573| 4,087| 14,898| 31,014| 38,573| 41,549| 41,765| 43,047| 45,261| 46,718| 50,286| 51,723
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Governmental administration .............| 7,179| 22,458| 64,181| 79,434| 6,703| 20,001| 48,461| 60,018| 66,644| 70,727| 76,699| 81,659| 85,910| 92,789| 98,658
Financial administration ..............| 3,612| 10,944| 27,204| 34,824| 2,271| 7,230| 16,995| 22,380| 24,400| 25,914| 27,593| 29,300| 30,007| 32,653| 34,911
General control\3\ ....................| 3,567| 11,514| 36,977| 44,610| 4,432| 12,771| 31,466| 37,638| 42,243| 44,813| 49,106| 52,360| 55,903| 60,136| 63,747
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Interest on general debt ................| 21,688| 97,641| 247,376| 290,195| 5,089| 17,131| 52,234| 56,970| 62,422| 64,554| 67,294| 69,814| 73,836| 75,303| 77,277
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Other and unallocable ...................| 24,247| 78,491| 132,424| 120,641| 7,265| 26,983| 53,250| 66,355| 73,217| 77,829| 85,156| 92,499| 102,559| 111,883| 108,828
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| Percentage distribution
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General expenditures ...............| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0| 100.0
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Selected federal programs ...............| 30.9| 24.2| 23.4| 18.9| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | †
National defense and international | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
relations ..........................| 26.9| 21.1| 20.3| 15.9| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | †
Postal service ........................| 2.9| 2.5| 2.4| 2.4| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | †
Space research and technology .........| 1.1| 0.7| 0.7| 0.6| † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | † | †
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Education and libraries .................| 21.3| 19.1| 18.5| 19.9| 39.9| 36.2| 34.5| 33.5| 34.1| 34.8| 35.0| 35.2| 35.2| 34.8| 34.7
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Social services and income maintenance | 12.4| 15.4| 16.5| 20.1| 20.2| 22.7| 23.7| 26.5| 25.2| 24.6| 24.2| 24.3| 24.4| 24.9| 25.7
Public welfare ........................| 6.8| 9.0| 9.3| 12.2| 12.1| 13.3| 14.4| 16.8| 16.0| 15.6| 15.4| 15.5| 15.9| 16.2| 16.9
Hospitals and health ..................| 4.9| 5.7| 5.7| 6.4| 7.4| 8.9| 8.9| 9.2| 8.8| 8.7| 8.5| 8.5| 8.3| 8.5| 8.5
Social insurance administration .......| 0.7| 0.6| 1.5| 1.5| 0.6| 0.6| 0.4| 0.4| 0.3| 0.3| 0.3| 0.3| 0.3| 0.3| 0.3
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Transportation ..........................| 7.9| 5.6| 4.7| 4.8| 13.2| 9.6| 8.3| 7.8| 7.7| 7.7| 7.9| 7.9| 8.0| 7.9| 7.8
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Public safety ...........................| 2.6| 3.0| 4.5| 5.1| 6.2| 7.0| 8.1| 8.2| 8.6| 8.6| 8.6| 8.6| 8.4| 8.4| 8.3
Police and fire protection ............| 1.9| 2.0| 2.9| 3.2| 5.0| 5.2| 5.1| 5.1| 5.4| 5.4| 5.3| 5.3| 5.2| 5.2| 5.2
Correction ............................| 0.7| 0.9| 1.6| 1.9| 1.3| 1.8| 3.0| 3.1| 3.2| 3.2| 3.3| 3.2| 3.2| 3.2| 3.1
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Environment and housing .................| 7.4| 8.7| 7.7| 7.3| 7.9| 8.6| 8.4| 8.1| 8.2| 8.1| 7.9| 7.8| 7.7| 7.7| 7.8
Natural resources, parks, recreation ..| 4.6| 5.3| 4.1| 3.6| 3.4| 3.2| 3.1| 2.9| 3.0| 3.0| 3.0| 3.0| 3.1| 3.0| 3.0
Housing and community development .....| 1.5| 1.7| 1.8| 1.8| 1.7| 1.7| 1.8| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.8| 1.8| 1.7| 1.8| 1.9
Sewerage and sanitation ...............| 1.4| 1.8| 1.7| 1.9| 2.7| 3.7| 3.4| 3.4| 3.3| 3.2| 3.1| 3.0| 2.9| 2.9| 2.8
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Governmental administration .............| 2.4| 2.7| 3.6| 3.9| 4.4| 4.9| 5.3| 5.2| 5.3| 5.4| 5.5| 5.4| 5.3| 5.4| 5.4
Financial administration ..............| 1.2| 1.3| 1.5| 1.7| 1.5| 1.8| 1.9| 2.0| 2.0| 2.0| 2.0| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9| 1.9
General control\3\ ....................| 1.2| 1.4| 2.0| 2.2| 2.9| 3.1| 3.5| 3.3| 3.4| 3.4| 3.5| 3.5| 3.4| 3.5| 3.5
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Interest on general debt ................| 7.2| 11.8| 13.7| 14.1| 3.4| 4.2| 5.8| 5.0| 5.0| 4.9| 4.8| 4.6| 4.6| 4.4| 4.3
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Other and unallocable ...................| 8.1| 9.5| 7.3| 5.9| 4.8| 6.6| 5.9| 5.8| 5.9| 5.9| 6.1| 6.2| 6.3| 6.5| 6.0
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†Not applicable. \1\Excludes duplicative intergovernmental transactions. \2\General expenditures include monies paid by states to the federal government, which are excluded from direct general expenditures. \3\Includes judicial and legal expenditures and expenditures on general and public buildings and other governmental administration. NOTE: Some data have been revised from previously published figures. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Governmental Finances, unpublished tabulations. (This table was prepared August 2005.)
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